Brabant 1631(a) ducaton Dav-4444

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Jean Elsen sale 156, lot 915

This specimen was lot 915 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €400 (about US$513 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"BRABANT, Duché, Philippe IV (1621-1665), AR ducaton, 1631, Bruxelles. Premier type. D/ B. cuir. à d., une grande fraise au col. R/ Ecu couronné, tenu par deux lions. En dessous, le bijou de la Toison d'or. Pièce d'épave. Nettoyée. Petits coups. Très Beau. (duchy of Brabant, Philip IV, 1621-65, ducaton of 1631, Brussels mint, first type. Obverse: armored bust right with ruffed collar; reverse: crowned arms supported by two lions; below, the jewels of the Golden Fleece. Salvaged, cleaned, minor nicks, Very Fine.)"

Ducatons were issued in the Spanish Netherlands and associated states (including the bishopric of Liège and Franche Comte) during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, where they competed with French écus, German talers and Dutch daalders and patagons. The type shown here was struck at the Antwerp mint 1622-23, 1631-36 (hand mintmark) and at Brussels 1631-36 (angel face mintmark, shown here). A very similar coin was struck for Flanders. The series is plagued by bad planchets and poor strikes, but less so than the patagons.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 32.48 g, 0.944 fine silver, this specimen is 31,74 g.

Catalog reference: KM 56.3, Dav-4444, G.H. 327-3a; Delm-275; W. 1020; V.H. 640.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
  • van Gelder, H. Enno, and Marcel Hoc, Les Monnaies des pays-Bas Bourguignons et Espagnols, 1434-1713, Amsterdam, J. Schulman, 1960, with supplement of 1964.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 156, Collection de Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

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